5. You put half of your money in a stock portfolio that has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of 24%. You put the rest of your money in a risky bond portfolio that has an expected return of 6% and a standard deviation of 12%. The stock and bond portfolios have a correlation of .55. What is the standard deviation of the resulting portfolio? 6. The standard deviation of return on investment A is.10, while the standard deviation of return on investment B is .05. If the covariance of returns on A and B is .0030, what is the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B?
5. You put half of your money in a stock portfolio that has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation of 24%. You put the rest of your money in a risky bond portfolio that has an expected return of 6% and a standard deviation of 12%. The stock and bond portfolios have a correlation of .55. What is the standard deviation of the resulting portfolio? 6. The standard deviation of return on investment A is.10, while the standard deviation of return on investment B is .05. If the covariance of returns on A and B is .0030, what is the correlation coefficient between the returns on A and B?
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![5. You put half of your money in a stock portfolio that has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation
of 24%. You put the rest of your money in a risky bond portfolio that has an expected return of 6% and a
standard deviation of 12%. The stock and bond portfolios have a correlation of .55. What is the standard
deviation of the resulting portfolio?
6. The standard deviation of return on investment A is.10, while the standard deviation of return on
investment B is .05. If the covariance of returns on A and B is .0030, what is the correlation coefficient
between the returns on A and B?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F39eb2669-cfef-481c-993a-c83c3a7434b4%2F8b590087-82a4-450b-ac6b-43499e20aba4%2Ftti2ra_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:5. You put half of your money in a stock portfolio that has an expected return of 14% and a standard deviation
of 24%. You put the rest of your money in a risky bond portfolio that has an expected return of 6% and a
standard deviation of 12%. The stock and bond portfolios have a correlation of .55. What is the standard
deviation of the resulting portfolio?
6. The standard deviation of return on investment A is.10, while the standard deviation of return on
investment B is .05. If the covariance of returns on A and B is .0030, what is the correlation coefficient
between the returns on A and B?
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